It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that … [Read more...]
Ep 109: Traveling for Work
You are at the airport, or maybe you’re driving someplace that isn’t very close. You have an owner presentation, or maybe it’s a construction meeting – either way you won’t be sleeping at home and … [Read more...]
Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)
How much drafting does a fully licensed architect do? What is something you learned in the industry that you hadn’t been taught in school? Are you as condescending to your employees as your redlines … [Read more...]
Ep 107: Design Development
There is a process when working on a residential project when you actually start figuring out what the project will look like in terms of elevations, exterior materials, interior finishes, specialty … [Read more...]
Ep 104: Conventions – The Best and Worst of Times
Depending on your age, sooner or later you will end up at one convention or another. For some people, this is a yearly migration full of can’t-miss opportunities. For others, it’s three days of … [Read more...]
Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy
Take a look around and you are likely to see what I see. Read the emails I receive and you're likely to start believing it as well. People, which includes Architects, seem to be fairly unhappy at the … [Read more...]